Effects of socio-economic status of households on education, health and income

Socio-economic status is an indicator of the quality of life attributes of people of a region. This study tries to examine the relation between the socio-economic status of households and different traits of health, education and income of households. The study concentrated Malappuram a district of high social development with low economic development. The study is descriptive and analytical one based on primary data. Three indices namely Education Index, Health Index and Per Capita Monthly Income Index were constructed for the purpose of analysis. The statistical methods-ANOVA and Chi-square were used to analyze the data. The ANOVA test says that, in the case of socio-economic index, the variation between groups when households are classified based on per capita monthly income and education level are highly significant. The chi square result also says that education index, health index and per capita monthly income index are significantly associated with socio-economic status of households.